The annual Lander Fly-In is this Saturday; Aerobatic pilots and contests among ... - County 10 | (Lander, Wyo.) – The annual Lander Fly-In return this Saturday at Hunt Field Airport from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission to the event is free. “There will be 3 aerobatic pilots performing between 9 and 11 a.m.,” organizer Holly Evans said. “There will be tethered balloon rides, a car show, prizes and raffles.” Also during the morning there are scheduled to be flour bombing and spot landing contests for pilots...

Can airshows come back? - AOPA Pilot | First, the federal budget sequester grounded the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds as well as military demonstration aircraft for the entire season, and their pullout led organizers to cancel 63 shows, roughly 20 percent of the U.S. total. Since the scrubbed shows were among the season’s larger events, total airshow attendance and revenue fell disproportionately—by some estimates more than 50 percent...

High flyers to land in hall of fame - The Australian
| AVIATION industry pioneer Lawrence Wackett is one of nine people due
to be inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame in November.
Wackett, a World War I pilot who was just one of 21 officers to form the
Royal Australian Air Force, was instrumental in setting up an aviation
manufacturing industry in Australia and was the inaugural chairman of
the NSW division of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers...

Battle of the aerobatics at The Duxford Air Show this weekend - Haverhill Echo | There’s an array of amazing aerobatic spectaculars in store at The Duxford Air Show this weekend tomorrow (Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8) | Opening tomorrow’s (Saturday, September 7) flying display in gallic style is the Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatic display team of the French Air Force, who are one of the world’s most skilled demonstration teams....

Manchester Airport to sparkle in 75th anniversary celebrations - Manchester Evening News | The Blades, former RAF Red Arrows pilots who excel at formations and aerobatics, will also perform. Parachute group The Ravens' seven man crew, will plunge from 5,000ft right into the Runway Visitor Park, armed with birthday messages, flags and smoke...

Domestic choppers make aerobatic stunt debut - ecns | China's first helicopter aerobatic team staged its maiden show on Thursday, wowing thousands of spectators at a helicopter expo. Five WZ-10 attack helicopters from the Fenglei (wind and thunder) aerobatic team presented a series of stunts at the four-day Second China Helicopter Expo, which opened in Tianjin on Thursday. The two-seater helicopters flew in various formations and performed a host of sophisticated aerobatic maneuvers including flying backward and nose-diving....

Missoula man honored as surviving Raider - The Missoulian | DAYTON, Ohio — A flyover by World War II bomber planes, Chinese visitors and a memorial ceremony with four Doolittle's Raiders helped mark the 70th anniversary of the daring U.S. air attack on Japan. Thousands of people flocked to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton for the events, part of a four-day observance. The four Raiders looked up into blue skies Wednesday as 20 B-25 planes similar to the ones they used flew just before a memorial service that included the placing of a wreath at the memorial here to their mission and the playing of Taps....

Castle Air Museum in Atwater to get retired Air Force One - Merced Sun-Star | SUBMITTED PHOTO/CASTLE AIR MUSEUM The VC-9, used by presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, is the latest addition to the Castle Air Museum's collection of aircraft. The museum will receive the plane in about a month, after clearance from the...

The 'sky port' that made it big - Chicago Tribune | Midway is the little airport that could. Despite numerous hurdles, it managed to become the busiest airport in the world, a title it held for at least 15 years. Don't remember the golden age? The little airfield on the city's Southwest Side understands that. It has battled low expectations and self-esteem issues since its birth in the 1920s...

September 3, 2013 Hank's Stowaway · Linda Street-Ely, Ely Air Lines | ...I was looking out the windshield when a wasp dropped out of the left air vent. He landed on the dash and started flexing his wings and tail. I'm pretty sure he was about a foot long with a two foot wing span and a stinger the size of a fountain pen. I stared at him and he stared back at me...

In my fantasy future, airplanes are advanced and affordable, and GA thrives once again - Airplanista Aviation Blog | This article is part of the monthly Blogging in Formation series, and this month's topic is "One Wish for Aviation." | It's 2018, and you've just walked into the showroom at Futuristic Aircraft, just off the ramp of your local general aviation airfield. The feeling is much like a giant car dealership found across town, where fine automobiles are for sale next to entry-level rides....

1,000 Eagle Flights in first year · General Aviation News Staff | The Experimental Aircraft Association’s year-old Eagle Flights program, which provides one-on-one flight experiences for adults interested in becoming a pilot, marked its 1,000th flight on Aug. 10 in Hickory, North Carolina. Bradley Bormuth of Hickory’s EAA Chapter 731, took Joshua Austin for a flight in a Cessna 172....

Virgin Spacecraft Completes Second Test Flight - San Fernando Valley Business Journal | Space vehicle SpaceShipTwo took to the skies above Mojave on Thursday for its second rocket-powered supersonic flight as part of testing prior to taking up paying passengers. The 90-minute morning flight took the aircraft to an altitude of 69,000 feet and a maximum speed of Mach 1.43. SpaceShipTwo made its first rocket-fired flight in April and reached 55,000 feet and Mach 1.2...